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Despite US Brokered Agreement, Israeli Police Remove Cameras Installed At Temple Mount

The move comes days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that cameras would be installed to help defuse tension at the site.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas center right, and close aide to Abbas, Saeb Erekat, center, after their meeting at Abbas' residence in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Kerry said Saturday that Israel and Jordan have agreed on steps aimed at reducing tensions at a holy site in Jerusalem that have fanned Israeli-Palestinian violence. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Muslim religious officials say that surveillance cameras they installed Monday morning at Jerusalem's Temple Mount were dismantled by the Israel Police. The cameras were removed two days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced at a press conference in Amman that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to install 24-hour

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Glenn Greenwald: Internet Is Front Line In Battle Between Freedom And Tyranny

Glenn Greenwald analyzes the Internet’s potential as an “incredibly valuable tool” for democratic participation and citizen journalism, but also as a means to strengthen the position of power elites. According to Greenwald there’s a “battle that is being waged” between the proponents of the free Internet and factions that are already in power.

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Ben Carson Says He Opposes Legal Pot, Would ‘Intensify’ Drug War

The retired neurosurgeon and 2016 Republican presidential candidate told Glenn Beck on Wednesday that he would intensify the War on Drugs and that he opposes the legalization of marijuana.

Truth in Media
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Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson poses for a photo with Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity members at Iowa State University following a campaign stop, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

2016 GOP presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson told Glenn Beck on Wednesday that he opposes the legalization of marijuana and that he would “intensify” the federal government’s War on Drugs. During a rapid-fire question-and-answer session on Glenn Beck’s radio program, seen in the above-embedded video at around the 1:30

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War, Media, Propaganda: Muslims As ‘Other’ — A Personal Narrative Of Islamophobia

In a speech delivered on Thursday Oct. 15 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh discussed the personal tolls of war and corporate media fear mongering.

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Transcript:--- First, I’d like to thank Citizens for Global Solutions for inviting me today and for everyone who came out to this forum event. In a world that seems to be mired by war and hate, it’s admirable to see such a long-standing organization continue to bring people from all walks of life and backgrounds together for the cause of peace to

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Analysis: Kerry’s Al-Aqsa ‘Deal’ Is Little More Than A Band-Aid On A Bleeding Ulcer

The major announcement is that Israel will lift restrictions on Muslims worshipping at the Holy Site and video surveillance cameras will be installed to “discourage anybody from disturbing the sanctity of this holy site.” But will this really be the “game-changer” Kerry says it will be?

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli police are reporting new unrest at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. The site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims, had experienced several days of unrest in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

SEATTLE --- Secretary of State John Kerry is in the midst of a whirlwind of Middle East diplomacy. In addition to seeking a deal with Russia over Syria, he’s concluding a separate deal with Jordan aimed at reducing recent tension in the Holy Land that has resulted in the deaths of 60 Palestinians and 10 Israelis. Since the latest wave of

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Johnny Depp To Buy Site Of Wounded Knee Massacre, Give It Back To Native Americans

“This historical land is so important to the Sioux culture and all I want to do is buy it and give it back. Why doesn’t the government do that?”

True Activist
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Members of the American Indian Movement walk to the Wounded Knee Massacre Monument Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 in Wounded Knee, S.D. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)

Editor's note: This article was republished from TruActivist.  Most of the information gleaned from the article are based on events covered by The Daily Mail on July 6th, 2013. Click here to read MintPress' reporting on the events from 2013. In an interview with The Daily Mail on Sunday, well-known actor Johnny Depp disclosed that he

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